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Digging Stick
Object Number 51-32-70/3495
Display Title Digging Stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Digging stick, carved wood, one end beveled, burn marks
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Cockatoo Creek, Central Australia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 97.6 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm (38 7/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object A15795 / COCKATOO CK. C. AUST.; 51-32-70/3495
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition (6/26/1951)
Collector N.B. Tindale (1951)
Collector Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell (1951)

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